Gazela is a

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in the

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. It is operated by Net4Gas, a company owned by Allianz Capital Partners and

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Infrastructure. The project cost around €400 million.

History

Construction started on 14 October 2010 in Krušné Hory, north Bohemia. It was constructed by Russian Stroytransgaz. The pipeline was officially opened on 14 January 2013.

Route

The pipeline connects the north

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n town of

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and Rozvadov/

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on the Czech–German border. These are natural gas border delivery stations by which

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n gas is transported from the Czech Republic to

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. In north the Gazela pipeline is connected to the OPAL pipeline, a connection pipeline to

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. There were three possible route options with the length from . It was decided to construct the pipeline in the long route along the existing gas pipelines. The pipeline will divert from the existing pipelines only in the Mladotice– Chomutov section.

References

{{Reflist 2012 establishments in the Czech Republic Energy infrastructure completed in 2012 Natural gas pipelines in the Czech Republic

History

Route

See also

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